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Hd Qrs &c.
Richmond Va Sept 16-1867

Bvt Brig Genl O Brown
Asst Comr,

General -
In obedience to S.O. No 100 dated 11th inst from your Hd Qrs I proceeded to Farmville and investigated the cause and extent of the recent disturbance at that place between the US Troops and Freedmen, and I respectfully submit the following Report.

I invited 2nd Lieut. A.R. Egbert 21st Infty Comd'g the [[strikethrough]] company [[/strikethrough]] Post and the company there on duty, and Maj. J.W. Jordan V.R.C. Bvt Lt. Col. U.S.V. A S.A.C. of the Bureau for that Division to be present during my [[strikethrough]] investigation [[/strikethrough]] examination of witnesses and to furnish me with the names of [[strikethrough]] those [[/strikethrough]] all persons they desired me to examine. Those officers gave me cordial cooperation in my investigation.

I forward herewith [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] sixteen affidavits of witnesses comprising all the classes in the community